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A patent is a set of rights granted by a government to an inventor.


Video Patent (disambiguation)



Types of intellectual property patents

  • Biological patent
  • Business method patent
  • Chemical patent
  • Design patent for an ornamental design or shape
  • Software patent
  • Utility model, also known as a "petty patent," "innovation patent," "minor patent," or "small patent"

Maps Patent (disambiguation)



Other meanings of patent

  • Letters patent, a type of legal instrument issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation
  • Land patent, a land grant, such as in a patented mining claim
  • Patent leather, a shiny form of leather originally produced by a patented process
  • Patent medicine, medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels
  • Patent bet, in the UK, a wager on three selections and consisting of 7 separate bets
  • In medicine and biology, patent implies open, unobstructed, expanded, e.g. patent ductus arteriosus
  • In botany, patent means standing normal (at 90 degrees) to the axis, see Glossary of botanical terms#patent

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See also

  • Plant Patent Act, legislation allowing plant breeds to be patented in the United States

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